Ian Aylward: It pays to be choosey when picking alternatives

At the beginning of this year, several of our financial advice firm customers asked us to add alternatives to their clients' investment portfolios. They've become a bigger part of the marketplace in recent years, mainly in competition to fixed income, and we are seeing increasing interest from the financial advisers with whom we work. For AJ Bell, they've never been part of our standard offering. However, in sticking with the mindset of being a bit of a ‘broad church' when it comes to our bespoke MPS approach, we set out to find alternatives assets that move as close to independently ...